Eric Brown

Eric Brown is the award-winning author behind a huge cannon of popular SF novels, including Helix, Engineman, Necropath and The Kings of Eternity, as well as many children’s books, radio plays and articles. He is a frequent contributor to The Guardian’s sci-fi book reviews page and his previous novels have received national coverage.

Cosmopath

Released
26 November 2009

Necropath Jeff Vaughan comes out of retirement when he is hired by aruthless businessman to find out what happened to a lost crew.

When he arrives on Canopus VII, the investigation takes a strange turn as they arecaptured by a group of humans inhabiting the planet. They take him to anunderground city, where the true reason for the investigation becomes clear...

Xenopath

Released
26 May 2009

Vaughan is a happy man, married to Sukara and with a child on the way. Working for a telepathic detective agency on Bengal Station, an exotic spaceport that dominates the ocean between India and Burma, when he is called out to the colony world of Mallory to investigate recent discoveries of alien corpses.

But Vaughan is shaken to his core when he begins to uncover the heart of darkness at the centre of the Scheering-Lassiter colonial organisation...

Book two of the Bengal Station Trilogy, Xenopath, is set two years after the first volume, Necropath.

Necropath

Released
30 September 2008

Bengal Station: an exotic spaceport that dominates the ocean between India and Burma.

Jaded telepath, Jeff Vaughan, is employed by the spaceport authorities to monitor incoming craft from the stars. There, he discovers a sinister cult that worships a mysterious alien god. The Church of the Adoration of the Chosen One uses drugs to commune with the Ultimate, and will murder to silence those who oppose their beliefs.

The story follows Vaughan as his mistrust of his fellow humans is overturned by his love for the Thai street-girl Sukura, while he attempts to solve the murders and save himself from the psychopath out to kill him. Necropath is Eric Brown's triumphant return to hard SF.

"Helix is a delightful read and is an excellent reminder of why we read science fiction: it's fun!"-SF Signal

"Classic science fiction components and a general reverence for science make this tale of intergalactic travel a worthy, occasionally awe-inspiring read."-Kirkus Reviews

"Smart, fun, page-turning stuff, with an engaging cast and plenty of twists. A hugely entertaining read."-SFX